Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was living with his third wife , the ice goddess Veronica , in an LA mansion , surrounded by the gifts of a lifetime — a six-foot , hand-carved tiger given to him by Deng Xiaoping , a robe given to him by Elvis Presley . |
| 2 | If the shipowner has loaded the ship for his own account he must have a bill of lading which must state that the merchandise loaded on board belongs to him , that is to say , the quantity of packages or boxes , the marks and the name of the consignee . |
| 3 | Tim will be buried in the Everton shorts along with a signed Everton shirt given to him by the members of his favourite team . |
| 4 | The temperament we look for in our dog primarily depends on the work or function assigned to him . |
| 5 | Will the Secretary of State please ask the chairman of British Rail to report to him as a matter of urgency on the state of British Rail in Wales an on its financing ? |
| 6 | He must not address the defendant in terms which suggest that the sample must be of one kind rather than the other unless and until the two possibilities have been explained to the defendant and a fair opportunity given to him to say , if he wishes , which he would prefer to give and why . |
| 7 | ( b. c. 1220 ) , Franciscan friar and theologian , was born c .1220 of unknown parentage and entered the Franciscan order in England by 1245 , when Fr Adam Marsh [ q.v. ] requested the loan of a philosophy text assigned to him ( Monumenta Franciscana , vol. i , ed . |
| 8 | Finn , sullen , vindictive , was forcing the killing blow to come to him . |
| 9 | Bellerophon ‘ slew the Amazons , women peers of men ’ and Heracles , the most popular of Greek heroes , found that the Ninth Labour assigned to him was to seize the girdle of the Amazon queen . |
| 10 | Omero knew exactly what she meant as he had broken a tooth as a result of eating rock given to him by visitors at Easter , and sometimes it really hurts . |
| 11 | Although the Wigmore chronicle refers to him as prior of St Victor , he seems to have had no experience of monastic government , and showed no talent when the need arose . |
| 12 | Like Japan , the future belongs to him . |
| 13 | On that occasion the member of parliament openly told the meeting of commissioners of supply that ‘ as he look't on the representing this shire to be hereditary in some measure in their family , soe he look't on the appointing the collector to be a consequentiall priviledge of it , and he would take ill any opposition given to him ’ . |
| 14 | Another power of the president given to him by the constitution ? |
| 15 | ‘ What a pity cirrhosis got to him so early ! ’ |
| 16 | The words to describe these difficult memories of confusion come to him magically — not without effort , not without searching for them , but with the assurance that each word is right , and calls forth its object exactly . |
| 17 | In conference with Gerald Gardiner , subsequently Lord Chancellor , who had somewhat late in the day raised his flag as a member of the Labour Party , it was decided that the best course of action was for the Labour Party to be asked to be represented by Gardiner at the Vassall Tribunal and to inform Radcliffe that it had no additional witness to come to him . |
| 18 | He did n't always recognize the president 's authority , there 's a wonderful , there 's a wonderful true story of er er at some point in the Korean war Truman flew out from Los Angeles and MacArthur flew out from er Korea and they met in one of the Pacific islands , I forget which one i er Wake Island I think , and , and on the runway you had the president 's plane at one end and MacArthur 's plane at the other end you see , and Truman sits there waiting for MacArthur to come to him and MacArthur sits there waiting for the president to come to him , you see , and nobody moves . |
| 19 | This Owen 's an able prince , no more like than any other prince of Christendom to do harm to a prisoner , or let harm come to him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't want any harm to come to him , ’ Mr Crangle told the Headmaster . |
| 21 | ‘ The girl would not like any harm to come to him , I warrant . ’ |
| 22 | When Kevin Woodford , owner and chef of Woodfords restaurant on the Isle Of Man asked viewers of ITV 's This Morning programme to write to him about any culinary problems , the letters simply flooded in . |
| 23 | Yet apart from the story of his binding , a long account of the finding of a wife for him , for the bulk of which he is off stage , and a story about him on his death-bed which is primarily about his sons , Jacob and Esau , there is but one chapter devoted to him ( ch. |
| 24 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |
| 25 | His Majesty appealed to him as a Statesman and as one who had been a Minister of the Crown to place before everything the present dangerous situation of the country , Sir Herbert replied that he and his party were just as patriotic as the Conservatives : the country would be in far greater danger from Tariffs — price of food stuffs would rise , there would be strikes and outbreaks all over the country . |
| 26 | That was like that was like your man big Albert when they were out and this fucking fella says to him do us a favour mate and he says aye , no problem I 'll do it if I can he says well would you go out sta put your take your trousers down , show us your arse |
| 27 | 3.22 In practice , the distinction between these two kinds of damages is not altogether clear , although in theory exemplary damages are to punish a defendant whose conduct has been outrageous or scandalous , and aggravated damages are to compensate the plaintiff for any aggravated harm done to him , such as injury to his feelings , as a result of the special circumstances of the case . |
| 28 | When we help them God sees it as helping him ; when we are kind to them , God counts it as a kindness done to him , and so on . |
| 29 | Locke 's use of the term ‘ ideas ’ ( ‘ ideas of sickness and pain' ) is a clue as to why the manna → gripings model for talk about the objects of perception appealed to him so much . |
| 30 | She got in the car to talk to him but , as the couple rowed , shot himself . |